Last Saturday night, when college basketball fans like me were knee-deep in the Final Four, a host of Hollywood celebs were collecting more hardware at the Kids’ Choice Awards.
It takes all kinds, I suppose.
Now, this is one of the few awards show I don’t frequent (since I don’t have a kid). But I do so enjoy perusing photos and video clips from the broadcast because of one wonderful tradition:
SLIME
You know…the green stuff?
Presenters and winners alike are always at risk of being slimed — and they never know when and where it will be coming. Here we see Chris Colfer, who plays Kurt on Glee, getting a surprise shot in the chin while announcing an award.
And poor Halle Berry wasn’t even safe in the audience. Some guy poured a bucket ‘o the green stuff over her unsuspecting head.
It’s a good thing she dressed down for the festivities. Try explaining green goo when you return your just-out-on-loan gown to the designer.
Awkward.
The slime hasn’t changed my viewing plans for next year’s awards…but it does make we wonder:
Wouldn’t tonight’s NCAA Championship Finals be even more fun with a bit of surprise slime for the winners?
An eye for talent
I cast a major network sitcom.
Let me explain.
Earlier this year, Christina Applegate took to Twitter and asked her followers to suggest comedic actors for a project. Knowing most people would go with the obvious choices, I put forth a recent find:
Steven Pasquale
He took your typical made-for-TV romantic lead and turned it into something uniquely appealing. His timing was unique. I stuck with the mini-series — we’re talking four hours, people — because he made the expected and predictable extremely entertaining.
Christina later tweeted a thank you for our suggestions, saying she had received a couple of names that she didn’t recognize and planned to research.
And look who pops up on Up All Night??
It’s pretty gratifying, I admit. (Would be even more so with a finder’s fee.)
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